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FY2027 NDAA

Title XVIII — Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base

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Title XVIII of the FY2027 NDAA (Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base) contains 49 sections. Open any section for a TL;DR, the statutory text, and linked funding tables.

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Sec. 1801
Requirements for information relating to supply chain risk

Section 3252 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (b)—(A)by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:(1)consulting with and receiving…

foci, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1802
Oversight of specialty metals procurements under exception relating to agreements with foreign governments

Limitation on use of exception relating to agreements with foreign governmentsSection 4863 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end…

ota, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1803
Critical materials: tiered sourcing restrictions and requirements

Section 4872 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:4872.Critical materials: tiered restrictions on sourcing from covered nations and…

ota, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1804
Changes with respect to the Federal Acquisition Security Council

Definition of source of concern, covered source of concern, recommended order, and designated orderSection 1321 of title 41, United States Code, is…

foci, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1805
Modifications to strategy to eliminate sourcing of computer displays from certain nations

Section 835 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 10 U.S.C. 4651 note prec.) is amended—(1)by redesignating…

cyber
Sec. 1806
Extension of Comptroller General assessments and reports on compliance with procurement requirements relating to rare earth elements and strategic and critical materials

Section 857(c) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117—263; 136 Stat. 2727) is amended—(1)in paragraph…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1807
Requirements related to detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts

Section 818(c)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112—81; 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.) is amended—(1)in subparagraph…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1808
Analysis and report on sourcing of certain items

Analysis required(1)In generalThe Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and other appropriate…

ota, acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1809
Assessment and implementation plan for sourcing of synthetic diamond and super abrasive materials used in defense applications

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report…

acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1810
Defense Supply Chain Intelligence and Risk Response Program

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for…

foci, acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1811
Identification of supply chain dependencies

Annual reports(1)In generalNot later than March 1, 2028, and annually thereafter until 2032, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate…

foci, ota, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1812
Federal Acquisition Security Council exclusion orders for Chinese military company designees

In this section:(1)CMC ListThe term CMC List means the list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States under section 1260H of the William M…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1813
Domestic preference in the procurement of professional services

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1814
Prohibition on the use of Chinese-manufactured optical fiber by the Department of Defense

The Secretary of Defense may not procure or obtain optical fiber and optical fiber cable produced, manufactured, or assembled by an entity that is owned by…

foci, tina, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1815
Report on primary aluminum sector industrial base assessment

Upon enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall transmit to the congressional defense committees the report…

acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1816
Assessment of risk related to adversarial capital in the defense industrial base

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall designate an office within the Office of Industrial Base…

foci, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1817
Integration of demand for foreign military sales into industrial base planning

The Secretary of Defense shall include projected demand for foreign military sales, including any foreign military sales that are in progress, in—(1)Any…

acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1818
Report on the feasibility of requiring Bills of Materials for defense acquisition

Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1831
Clarification of eligible uses of Defense Industrial Base Fund

Section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 867 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law…

right-to-repair, destroyer, cyber
Sec. 1832
Inclusion of biotechnology in uses of the Industrial Base Fund

Section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1831, is further amended by adding at the end the following new…

cyber
Sec. 1833
Development and application of alternative material sources

Section 3136(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(7)For developing alternative material sources…

acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1834
Report and implementation of plan for advanced manufacturing for certain critical readiness items of supply

Section 1842 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60) is amended—(1)by inserting after subsection (b) the following…

ota, acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1835
Additional guidance related to advanced manufacturing

Section 1846(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60) is amended—(1)in subparagraph (F), by striking the word…

iran, cyber
Sec. 1836
Modifications to advanced manufacturing policy review and guidance

Section 1846(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 10 U.S.C. 4841 note) is amended—(1)by striking September…

cyber
Sec. 1837
Enhanced domestic content requirement for shipbuilding programs

Section 835(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 118—31; 137 Stat. 338; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4201) is amended—(1)in…

destroyer, cyber
Sec. 1838
Triennial review of merger and acquisition activity associated with major defense suppliers

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall triennially review merger and acquisition activity associated with major defense…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1839
Multiyear procurement authority for certain munitions

Subject to the provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in subsection (c), the head of an agency may enter into one or more…

ota, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1840
Multiyear procurement authority for platforms and components systems

Subject to the provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in subsection (c), the head of an agency may enter into one or more…

ota, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1841
Managing and mitigating risks in major munitions programs

In meeting the requirements of the Department of Defense for major munitions programs, the Secretary of Defense shall consider alternative designs, including…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1842
Comptroller General assessment on improving weapon systems and technology procurement

The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct one or more assessments of how the Secretary of Defense can improve procurement of weapon systems…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1861
Modification to annual report on depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors

Section 2466(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking each Defense Agency, the percentage and inserting each Defense Agency—(A)the…

cyber
Sec. 1862
Authority to write off capital expenditures for certain depots of Department of Defense

Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2470 the following new section:2471.Accounting for certain depots…

cyber
Sec. 1863
Reforms relating to Army organic industrial base

Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:2477.Modernization of organic industrial base of…

acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1864
Exclusion of manufacturing arsenal workload from depot carryover calculation

Section 377(2) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117—263; 10 U.S.C. 2476 note) is amended by…

Sec. 1865
Temporary authority for use of operation and maintenance funds to provide training for certain employees performing services or work funded by working-capital funds

Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of a military department may use…

cyber
Sec. 1866
Demonstration and prototyping program for qualification of organic industrial base as alternate source for manufacture of casts and forged components for legacy aircraft

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a demonstration and prototyping program, to be…

ota, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1867
Briefing and report on Defense industrial base chokepoints and organic industrial base modernization

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall provide to the…

destroyer, cyber
Sec. 1871
Exception to contract price requirement relating to use of test and evaluation installations by commercial entities

Section 4175 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (c), by striking A contract entered into and inserting Except as provided in…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1872
Amendments to the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program

Section 4952(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 861 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60)…

cyber
Sec. 1873
Pilot program on digital engineering and advanced manufacturing to address no-bid solicitations

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of…

right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1874
Pilot program to improve participation by small business concerns in certain Department of Defense contracts

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to improve participation by…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1875
Guidance to ensure protection of covered information during covered preaward engagements

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a process to provide timely guidance to covered…

ota, acquisition-reform, space-force, cyber
Sec. 1881
Skills-based requirements for Department of Defense contractor personnel

Chapter 223 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 802, is further amended by inserting after section 3244 the following new…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1882
Modification of working group on the advanced manufacturing workforce

Section 1843(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60) is amended—(1)in paragraph (2), by striking skills and…

cyber
Sec. 1883
Workforce development initiatives to support mining of critical minerals

In order to support and enable the development of domestic critical mineral supply chains to meet defense industrial base requirements, the Secretary of…

ota, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1891
Exemption from trademark licensing fees for certain military exchange contractors

Section 2260 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a), by striking and may retain and inserting and may, except as provided in…

cyber
Sec. 1892
Major system cost growth oversight

Shorten Nunn-McCurdy breach report timelineSection 4374 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a), by striking When a unit cost report…

ota, acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1893
Inapplicability of Berry Amendment exceptions to certain seafood purchases

Section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:(g)Exception for Commissaries, Exchanges, and Other…

cyber
Sec. 1894
Clarification of commercial solicitation restrictions during initial entry training for memorabilia and photography

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through each Secretary of a military department, shall…

cyber

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